On Saturday November 13th, we provided Emcee services along with a Piano & Bass Jazz Duo for a Wedding Ceremony & Reception at the Inn at Essex in Essex Junction, Vermont.

The Inn is home to the Vermont Culinary Resort and is one of the most popular wedding sites in the Entire State. Although November is definitely the beginning of the off-season, the Inn was jumping at 10am in the morning when we arrived.

Also unexpected was the near 60-degree weather.

For the Ceremony, we performed Solo Piano Music. The Bride & Groom were definitely Very Eclectic in their tastes and as such we performed Coldplay’s “Trouble” and Billy Joel’s “She’s Got A Way” for the Processionals. “Wouldn’t it Be Nice” by the Beach Boys was the Recessional.

The Reception took the form of a Jazz Brunch – the couple wanted a Live Jazz Duo for the Entire Reception with minimal Emceeing.

During the brunch itself, we performed a number of Sinatra, Michael Buble, and Ella Fitzgerald standards. Later on during dancing, we performed a Piano Adaptation of Incubus’ “I Miss You” for the First Dance, followed by Upbeat Swing & Rock n’ Roll Standards like “Rock Around the Clock”.

Everything ended later in the afternoon with the Last Dance: “New York, New York”, a salute to the Bride & Groom’s families who were all from the New Jersey/New York area.